'Forbes' Billionaire Divorcées: 10 Wealthiest (PHOTOS)

Forbes published their annual Billionaires List on Wednesday, comprised of the 1,210 wealthiest people on the planet, totaling a net worth of $4.5 trillion.

This year's crop broke world records: More billionaires than ever before, China doubled its number of billionaires, Moscow has more billionaires than any other city, and six Facebook founders made it on the list.

Okay, so we know they have it covered when it comes to money, but what about marriage? We've compiled the 10 wealthiest divorcées from this list--and by extension, in the world. Some are available, others are taken. Check out how they measure up and weigh in: would you pursue a billionaire?

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Rank: 4 Worth: $41 Billion Claim To Fame: Chairman of Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy (LVMH) Divorce Details: Bernard Arnualt married his first wife, Anne Dewavrin, in 1973. They had two children--Delphine and Antoine--before they divorced in 1990. He then married Canadian pianist Hélène Mercier in 1991, with whom he has two sons--Alexandre and Frederic. In his biography, The Creative Passion, he says that he always eats breakfast with his two youngest sons.

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Rank: 4
Worth: $41 Billion
Claim To Fame: Chairman of Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy (LVMH)
Divorce Details: Bernard Arnualt married his first wife, Anne Dewavrin, in 1973. They had two children--Delphine and Antoine--before they divorced in 1990. He then married Canadian pianist Hélène Mercier in 1991, with whom he has two sons--Alexandre and Frederic. In his biography, The Creative Passion, he says that he always eats breakfast with his two youngest sons.

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[runtexas]

01:12 PM on 03/11/2011

No Arianna? She's gonna be pissed

[WhatDaBleep]

01:51 PM on 03/11/2011

Her husband wasn't worth billions evidently but I'm sure she's aspiring to catch another one to divorce.

[Southern Yankee]

01:06 PM on 03/11/2011

Larry Ellison: one of the most disliked men on the west coast. He has to pay people to be his friends...oh, he has not friends. They act like friends.

[WhereIsTheSpoon]

12:38 PM on 03/11/2011

Obviously the author doesn't speak french. "Divorcées" is feminine plural, "Divorcés" is masculine plural. The masculine supersedes the feminine, and so the title of the post should be "'Forbes' Billionaire Divorcés: 10 Wealthiest (PHOTOS)".

A bit of French grammar never hurt anyone :)

[Jaxy]

01:47 PM on 03/11/2011

Mais oui, mon ami. Tu as raison. L'auteur est evidemment analphabete.

[harmonybringer]

11:48 AM on 03/11/2011

Most of them are not really "divorcees". To divorce once and remarry does not make you a divorcee.

A "divorcee" is someone who has decided to never remarry and isn't with anybody because they don't want to and till they die.

"divorcees" have given up definitely on Love; the above is not correct!

[PaticaDeGato]

11:37 AM on 03/11/2011

I thought this was about the Ivana Trumps, Amy Irvings, and Kevin Federlines of the world (lucky divorcées and divorcés).

Lame list.

[1canview]

11:17 AM on 03/11/2011

Maybe it is better to live by themselves with their miniature giraffes?

[Sarahmorton]

12:23 PM on 03/11/2011

Opulence...I has it.

[Edward Standley]

10:30 AM on 03/11/2011

Their broken hearts are going to upset my sleep for months. :)

[The Revolving Diet]

10:24 AM on 03/11/2011

Money can not buy happiness for these guys ...the woman (for the most part) made out okay...except for Mordashov - what a low life, he got off cheap!

[Peter Combs]

10:21 AM on 03/11/2011

I noticed that too...their was one woman mentioned though..Mrs. Walton....

[Conk]

11:49 AM on 03/11/2011

she, a, rook rike a man

[roshni]

12:07 PM on 03/11/2011

And she inherited her fortune.
Pretty discouraging.

[LizzyFaire]

10:01 AM on 03/11/2011

Divorcées are women. Divorcés are men. Combined, men and women are divorcés. If you're going to use the accent aigu in the title, get the gender right.

[TruthfullyYours]

11:59 AM on 03/11/2011

let me be the first to fan you and welcome.

[american-dolt]

09:42 AM on 03/11/2011

Looks aren't their forte.

[Jaxy]

01:49 PM on 03/11/2011

Um, but money is! That's why they're called, er, 'billionaries'.

[american-dolt]

02:23 PM on 03/11/2011

And in some circles A'holes.

[nfatt1]

09:26 AM on 03/11/2011

Oh, the Humanity !

[Nicole Dixson]

09:13 AM on 03/11/2011

From the title, I thought the article was about divorce settlements or something.

[sue denim]

09:11 AM on 03/11/2011

I'm fascinated by the Brazilian carnival queen who snags a billionaire, leaves him for a fire fighter and gets $250 million settlement. That's what I call winning at life.

[G Lang123]

09:28 AM on 03/11/2011

Thats called BI-WINNING

[TruthfullyYours]

12:02 PM on 03/11/2011

sounds like anna nicole smith, isn't it, who married the 100 year old man who came to see her dance at a strip club and got blinded by her HID headlights?

[RodbfromNC]

07:00 AM on 03/11/2011

NEW RULE---Anytime billionaires get divorced, they have to pay alimony to all the poor and middle class people in their country.

[Peter Combs]

10:23 AM on 03/11/2011

right...and when the poor get divorced they should be forced to clean sidewalks...